NATURE WITHIN – ANIMA

ANIMA – NATURE WITHIN @ GALLERIA AHJO – URBANA HORTUS KUMPPANINÄYTTELY, JOENSUU 8.5.–26.5.2024

ANIMA – NATURE WITHIN @ GALLERIA AHJO – URBANA HORTUS PARTNER EXHIBITION, JOENSUU 8.5.–26.5.2024

Generative Video Art, Music and Performance: Jaakko Autio / Joint Exhibition: URBANA HORTUS / Curators: Helsinki Artists’ Association – Satu Kalliokuusi, Eija Saarivirta, Reetta Gröhn-Soininen / Exhibition Coordinator: Mari Vilpponen / Music Team: Vocals, Hilla Väyrynen, Reetta Karhunen / Cello: Mika Seppänen / Saxophone: Anna Voutilainen-Veijonen / Piano and Violins: Jaakko Autio / Special Thanks: Kasper Omenasaari.

“ANIMA” is Jaakko Autio’s performance and video installation, recorded on May 8th at the AHJO Gallery opening as part of the URBANA HORTUS partnership exhibition in Joensuu. The piece combines Autio’s live meditation and brainwave digital synesthesia, where changes in brainwaves dynamically control the movement of particles in a 3D model projected on the gallery wall. The digital twin embodies subtle changes in the artist’s emotions, mind, and consciousness. The work highlights latent human characteristics and inner balance, to which its name “ANIMA” also refers.

Teoksessa käyteettyä musiikkia voi kuunnella Spotifyssä:

URBANA HORTUS means urban garden. The Art Center Ahjo presents a diverse and rich collection of works by the members of HTS (Helsinki Artists’ Association), which in one way or another reflect their interpretation of urban nature in various ways and perspectives. The exhibition includes, among other things, paintings, graphics, sculptures, graffiti, video, and sound art.

Näyttelyyn osallistuvat taiteilijat:
Tuula Aalto, Riikka Ahlfors, Sirkku Ala-Harja, Sini Anttila-Rodriguez, Vesa Arjatsalo, Elina Autio, Jaakko Autio, Marianne Blomqvist,  Juhani von Boehm, Laurene Bois-Mariage, Cortes Reina Camilo, Terhi Ekebom, Päivi Eskelinen, Rasmus Förster, Hanna Galtat, Kaarina Haka, Mikko Hallikainen, Aulis Harmaala, Anna-Kaisa Hartikainen, Merja Heino, Tiina Herttua, Eric Hietaniemi, Sini Hodju, Laura Hokkanen, Maija Hopeavuori, Rauni Hulke, Sirpa Häkli, Susanna Iivanainen, Laura Ilvessalo, Jonna Johansson, Arja Jämsä, Anna Emilia Järvinen, Salla Järvinen-Sirén, Catharina Kajander, Liisa Kanerva, Laura Kansanen-Stavale, Terhi Ketolainen, Alex Keyriläinen, Taina Kokkonen, Anna Kolehmainen, Tero Kontinen, Anni Kuula, Joni Kärkkäinen , Minja Karoliina Laakso, Suvi Laine-Karsten, Jukka Lappalainen, Virpi Lehtonen, Eeva Louhio, Alex Markwith, Heidi Anniina Mattila, Ahti Meier, Tuula Moilanen, Hanneriina Moisseinen, Maria Mughal, Pia Männikkö, Maaria Märkälä, Nagashila, Heidi Naumanen, Artturi Nokelainen, Panu Ollikainen, Kari Paajanen, Laura Pakarinen, Jaro Palmu, Leena Palonen, Laura Pehkonen, Sari Poijärvi, Tero Puha, Irja Puhakka-Myller, Niina Putkonen, Merja Puuperä, Minttu Pyykkönen, Maarit Rantala, Ulla Repo, Age-Elisa Riekkinen, Niklas J. Rosenberg, Kikka Rytkönen, Minna Räsänen, Janne Saarinen, Aino Salmi, Merja Salonen Di Giorgio, Greta Salonen, Misa Saraste, Johanna Sipilä, Rauni Sipilä, Valter Strandén, Arja Sundqvist, Samuli Suonperä, Katja Sutisna, Sirkka Tapio, Linda Toye, Heli Tuhkanen, Eliisa Tuisku, Jussi TwoSeven, Sanna Vakkilainen, Mariliina Valkama, Meri Westlin, Tuuli-Anna Viitanen, Johanna Virtanen. 

LUONTO SISÄLLÄNI – OSA I – NATURE WITHIN ME – PART ONE @ KIISU THEATER, OUTOKUMPU RESIDENCY

I worked on the piece during the residency in Outokumpu in February-March 2024.

I worked on the piece ‘Nature Within‘ during the residency in Outokumpu in February-March 2024, systematically exploring meditation and its impact on brainwaves, as well as creating generative video art using TouchDesigner software. I also conducted the first public open studio, where I performed by drawing video art through an EEG reader in front of the audience. I also allowed the audience to try the EEG reader, creating an intimate moment. The piece thus creates a kind of camera that captures events in the mind and immersion into emotions and consciousness. The actual premiere of the piece will take place at the Urbana Hortus join exhibition in Joensuu, and the work will deepen with the joint exhibition ‘Meeting Point’ with Akasaka (Gillian Grabbe) at Helsinki’s YÖ Gallery in August 2024.

Kontemplating EEG curves @ OUTOKUMPU RESIDENCY February 2024
Kiisu Hall @ Outokumpu, February 2024


Outokumpu residency at winter time.

Nature @ Outokumpu, Finland, February 2024.

Published by Jaakko Autio

Jaakko Autio is a sound artist and sound designer from Helsinki. Autio is originally from Ylivieska, but he also spent several years in Senegal as a child. The time spent in Senegal has left its mark and is present in Autio’s way of perceiving reality and creating art. Autio describes his homeland to be found in music and aesthetic experience. Autio has worked as a sound designer in several city theaters as well as in the free field of art in collaboration with, for example, dance theaters. He has studied sound design at Metropolia and the Theater Academy (University of the Arts) in Helsinki.

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